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Hello all, This was definitely a good week for the blogg ing review...it just so happens that two interesting themes emerged: First, H arva rd sch olar Carol Vance kicks off an interesting discussion on how stude nts and researchers should engage with the world they have set out to change; her case is the Policy Task Force that has been convened to ad vice India in the aftermath of the recent gang rape and mur der case, but most of her argument is also very relevant for most other 'development' topics. A post from the blog of the American Anthropological Association on science a nd advocacy and another on the challen ges of academic promotion s ystems and community engagement open up a broader debate on how academics can an d s hould en gage with students, deal with their aspirations and at the same time commit to meaningful and participatory engagement with local communities...Second, there's quite a lot on 'communication' in this we ek's review , featurin